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What is the FDRP?

Village formerly known as Waybridge
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The entire barony!
- 3 (21.4%)
An idea which cannot die! (i.e. no place in particular, but rather your movement)
- 9 (64.3%)

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Author Topic: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage III: Improving the Barreny: Turn 47  (Read 68742 times)

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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #435 on: March 24, 2015, 02:00:07 pm »

May I please have a proper 50 pound longbow. (I've been using a string attached to a stick this whole time. he he
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #436 on: March 24, 2015, 02:44:07 pm »

((I just accepted a graduate school offer, and was accepted into my first choice group. In light of this, I'm in a fantastic mood. Pick something you really want, and you can have it. A skill, an item, anything reasonable. I trust you guys not to ask for anything absurd.))
((Grats!))

Desired gift: For the magic book to have a ritual spell that makes farms more fertile, preferably a Inspirational class spell.
Hole myself up in a study. Skim the (already-posted) intro a bit, then check to see if it still has a section on Inspirational Magic.
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #437 on: March 24, 2015, 03:28:37 pm »

Continue into the cave carefully, with my sword drawn.
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #438 on: March 24, 2015, 03:32:26 pm »

((I just accepted a graduate school offer, and was accepted into my first choice group. In light of this, I'm in a fantastic mood. Pick something you really want, and you can have it. A skill, an item, anything reasonable. I trust you guys not to ask for anything absurd.))
((Congrats, yeah. Also, I'm pretty sure Bomrek's player didn't post my action, and doesn't even have a hammer. Not that it matters much.))
Desired gift: A bigger hammer!
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #439 on: March 24, 2015, 03:34:49 pm »

((I just accepted a graduate school offer, and was accepted into my first choice group. In light of this, I'm in a fantastic mood. Pick something you really want, and you can have it. A skill, an item, anything reasonable. I trust you guys not to ask for anything absurd.))
Oh my.....

I wish to be a master of Kung Fu!

If I cant have that...

I wish for a suit of armor!
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #440 on: March 24, 2015, 04:46:16 pm »

((I just accepted a graduate school offer, and was accepted into my first choice group. In light of this, I'm in a fantastic mood. Pick something you really want, and you can have it. A skill, an item, anything reasonable. I trust you guys not to ask for anything absurd.))

Fantastic, man! You earned it from all the hard work!

Jongo wants two not shoddy swords. Maybe average, or above average. Nothing crazy.
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #441 on: March 24, 2015, 05:32:04 pm »

Search the rest of the cave for any signs of what happened.

Gift: Basic Sword Skill
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #442 on: March 24, 2015, 06:19:13 pm »

GIFT: Swordsmanship.
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 36
« Reply #443 on: March 26, 2015, 01:44:37 pm »

Turn 37: Let there be Gifts!
~Tradebridge Castle~
     With everything in the castle appearing to be running as planned, Rabble locked himself in his quarters with his newly acquired book. Paging through the blackened pages, he found a section that captured his interest. Some of the text had been lost, but much had also been preserved.
Spoiler: Inspirational Magic (click to show/hide)
    Rabble was considering the possibility promised by the text when he heard a knock at the door. The scullery maid called ”Lord, I’m sorry to disturb you but a messenger is here. He says he was sent by Count Bryce. Dressed up real pretty, he is.”

Spoiler: Tradebridge Castle (click to show/hide)
~Barkamsted~
     Lork walked further, alert for any danger. He was met with empty rooms, most laid out for sleeping. Cave walls were blackened by smoke, and meagre bedding was laid to keep the sleeper off of the floor, but otherwise there was little sign of inhabitance. Lork was given time to reflect on his earlier attempts at using his fists and feet as weapons. As he came back to where the bandits lay he came to the realization that the men did not merely use weapons, they were weapons. At least, in a vague sense. They simply didn’t realize it. But Lork did; he could be a weapon himself. And so he stumbled on to the central tenant of Tsa-Qaik. +1 Tsa-Qaik (Martial Art)
    Eliza looked over the bodies again, and noticed most of the cuts on those who had only one were delivered by very small blades. When the blood was cleared away enough to see the wound itself, what was left was a thin and short cut which was clean, and looked to be very deep. Her own sword would have left a much thicker and longer line, and no doubt a more jagged cut. She wondered if she could thrust straight enough to perform such an attack, and with a small amount of practice she found her sword was much more natural coming off the end of her arm. +1 Swordswoman
    Jongo kept himself ready for a threat which never materialized. Soon he grew bored and walked through the cave, following Lork’s path. He was staring down at the straw that made up one of the beds, wishing it would do something, and kicked out at is. He heard a clang of metal and pulled out two swords. Strong and true iron, they were far from ornate, but would serve their purpose well. At the base of each blade were the letters SB in a circle.
    Xaver noticed faint bruising on those individuals with multiple wounds, both around some of the wounds as well as in other spots around their torso’s. Turning the bandits over, many of them had small cuts on their heads or backs, but nothing deep, and there was not clear pattern as to who had these marks. Xaver tried to replicate what could have happened to all of these men by imagining situations in which he was attacked and how he would block. He reasoned his way both to a number of a useful blocks with his sword and the fact that these men did relatively little to defend themselves, and were killed quite suddenly. +1 Swordsman
    Orcus wandered through the swamp, looking for more vegetation to punish, when he heard a light giggling. The noise drifted from near to far and back again in a way that thoroughly disoriented him, but also drew him in. He followed the sound until he heard a cracking sound, and roots twining around each other burst from the ground, growing to nearly the height of a man. The earth atop them crubbled off slowly, revealing a block of stone which was secured by thin tendrils of root growing through it and around it. As he watched the roots broke off of whatever structure lay beneath the surface, and the massive hammer fell over onto the soft murk of the swamp. ((You’re going to have to name this thing, because I can’t describe it everytime you hit something. :P ))
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~FDRP~
    Cortis inquired after Dave and his workers. ”No, these men work for themselves. You showed us being in charge doesn’t mean dictating every man’s action. This village, it has nothing to give them for their work. But they are earning their own security, and so we have plenty of volunteers. You on the other hand. What you have done, for me and for the people of FDRP, cannot go unrequited.  Take this bow as a gift. I used to be a hunter, but there’s little time for that now, nor game to hunt.”
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 37
« Reply #444 on: March 26, 2015, 02:01:48 pm »

Very good. If you will let me, I think that organizing a night watch is a very good idea. After all, there is no point in building this wall if enemies will just sneak over it. Two men at a time should be plenty, and others can rotate to make sure everybody gets enough sleep. They don't have to be armed, they just have to raise the alarm if they see enemies approaching. Obviously, the guardsmen would have to be paid. Perhaps this can be the first vote of this town? Shall I ask the town members to come to a town meeting later tonight to discuss this issue?

If Dave allows it, ask the town to come to the meeting. if not, then check on the blacksmith's progress.
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 37
« Reply #445 on: March 26, 2015, 02:30:06 pm »

"I shall call it...the Great Stone Hammer of Grogrog, lord of the swamp!
Pick up hammer.
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 37
« Reply #446 on: March 26, 2015, 02:36:15 pm »

Awesome...

Explore the cave further, fists at the ready, whispering to myself: "Be the weapon..."
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 37
« Reply #447 on: March 26, 2015, 05:21:07 pm »

    Fortunately, a relatively easily replicated ritual has been identified. In the Tamap swamp there resides group who have spiritually devoted themselves to a pure life. Their mandates demand that they forgo meat, as well as a number of “lower” plants. This is problematic for their diet because the swamp offers up relatively little in the way of edible plants, and is poorly suited to cultivation. The Tamapian people found, at some point, a ritual which allows them to cultivate much more from the land. Flow is induced in participating individuals by drinking water laced with Lady’s Bell root, a swamp plant with red conical flowers and a distinctive, and poisonous, red/purple root. When boiled over the course of a day the root loses its color, and becomes edible. The liquid is then diluted until nearly clear. The participants, seven in number, form a circle and each sip from the liquid while chanting to direct their focus. It has been demonstrated the content of the chant is of little importance, and it seems to be a device to help bring the participants together. The effects of the drink will soon become apparent. Participants may experience spontaneous headaches, joint aches, nasal bleeding, planewalking to R'lyeh, death, drastic alteration of physical form with a lack of focus maintained , or visions from a forgotten god. Thoughts should not linger on any visions received. This is vitally important. Their purpose apparently does not involve plant growth. Even successful attempts often result in some discomfort.
((A quest hook! Successfully getting the roots from some distant place and some desperate people willing to learn unsafe group-mind merging magics from a book with sections missing will get us non-starving peasantry. Yay!))

Go meet the messenger, dressed as I am. Tell him that the -former- baron started burning his own fields, and that the populace rather needs food before hungry peasants all kill each over while scrabbling over the last scraps of food. Ask if there's an excess elsewhere in the county that can be traded for.
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 37
« Reply #448 on: March 26, 2015, 05:26:51 pm »

    Fortunately, a relatively easily replicated ritual has been identified. In the Tamap swamp there resides group who have spiritually devoted themselves to a pure life. Their mandates demand that they forgo meat, as well as a number of “lower” plants. This is problematic for their diet because the swamp offers up relatively little in the way of edible plants, and is poorly suited to cultivation. The Tamapian people found, at some point, a ritual which allows them to cultivate much more from the land. Flow is induced in participating individuals by drinking water laced with Lady’s Bell root, a swamp plant with red conical flowers and a distinctive, and poisonous, red/purple root. When boiled over the course of a day the root loses its color, and becomes edible. The liquid is then diluted until nearly clear. The participants, seven in number, form a circle and each sip from the liquid while chanting to direct their focus. It has been demonstrated the content of the chant is of little importance, and it seems to be a device to help bring the participants together. The effects of the drink will soon become apparent. Participants may experience spontaneous headaches, joint aches, nasal bleeding, planewalking to R'lyeh, death, drastic alteration of physical form with a lack of focus maintained , or visions from a forgotten god. Thoughts should not linger on any visions received. This is vitally important. Their purpose apparently does not involve plant growth. Even successful attempts often result in some discomfort.
((A quest hook! Successfully getting the roots from some distant place and some desperate people willing to learn unsafe group-mind merging magics from a book with sections missing will get us non-starving peasantry. Yay!))
((Lol. Some of it surprisingly close. Though I bet if you had somebody else read the book they'd come to different conclusions. :P As to it being a quest hook, there are many of those floating around for those that care to look :) ))
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Re: Simple Folk of Erioth Stage II: Steaking Claims: Turn 37
« Reply #449 on: March 26, 2015, 05:48:59 pm »

Continue on, in the cave, but be wary.
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